MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Macau to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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